Night Flight

I flew to Georgetown tonight for dinner - boy my arms are tired! Thank you I will be here all week.

Actually David flew me to Georgetown SC for dinner. He had to fly a cross country (100 nautical miles) night flight for a particular certification he is working towards. What better way to enjoy dinner in a different place than to fly there?

His flight instructor and his wife came with us for the evening. We've done things with them before and knew they would be fun!

Here we are before takeoff

I did not take any pictures in air because apparently the flash would have been disturbing? David is a wonderful pilot and the 3 take offs and 3 landings were very smooth.

Why three take offs and landings? The very first time we took off, I heard his flight instructor say "Do you think my door is closed?" I thought they were kidding.

They weren't. David turned that plane around, landed it - very smoothly I might add - Will slammed his door shut - as we were barrelling down the run way - and he took off again.

It was pretty exciting.

What was really exciting was getting to Georgetown/the Beach in 40 minutes. In a car this would take no less than 3.5 hours without any stops.

I'm seeing David running a shuttle to the beach this summer. Perhaps I should write a business plan for this venture?

What do you do when you arrive in a city with no car? The airports have SPECIAL cars they let you use called Courtesy Cars. Here is a picture of the car we used for the evening